Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/47336?format=api
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Although the configuration shows the daemon is to\n listen on port 2207, it actually listens on a dynamic port.\n\n NOTE: If the target system does not have a 'sendmail' command installed,\n this vulnerability cannot be exploited.", "required_action": null, "due_date": null, "notes": "Reliability:\n - unknown-reliability\nStability:\n - unknown-stability\nSideEffects:\n - unknown-side-effects\n", "known_ransomware_campaign_use": false, "source_date_published": "2007-10-04", "exploit_type": null, "platform": "Unix", "source_date_updated": null, "data_source": "Metasploit", "source_url": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/exploits/linux/misc/hplip_hpssd_exec.rb" } ], "severity_range_score": null, "exploitability": "2.0", "weighted_severity": "0.7", "risk_score": 1.4, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-cnxw-4ree-g3ez" }